A fast-moving wildfire exploded to more than 9,200 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday morning, prompting mandatory evacuation orders and road closures, authorities said.

Continued strong winds and dry conditions on Wednesday morning rapidly spread a fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County and has burned through 8,096 acres.

High winds in Los Angeles are driving the flames in the new, fast-moving wildfire, which is spreading near the Clarita Valley.

The Hughes Fire has spread over 5,054 acres after starting just before lunchtime in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake area on Wednesday.

The Hughes Fire destroyed more than 8,000 acres north of Los Angeles on Wednesday but no structures were destroyed in the initial hours of the event.

Hughes fire evacuation orders. Neighborhoods northwest of Lake Hughes Road were placed under mandatory evacuation orders, while communities southeast of the road were under evacua

Smoke quickly filled the skies over Southern California on Jan. 22, 2025, as a new fire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, rapidly grew to more than 5,000 acres

The Hughes Fire has erupted in Southern California and has already spread across more than 5,000 acres. the CBS News Los Angeles team is reporting on the new mandatory evacuation orders.